Chapter 989: Who gave birth?!

"It doesn't matter what the surname is."

Li Xuewu patted his daughter on the bottom, telling her to behave; this child was truly restless.

He said to Gu Ning, "Last time I went to Tianjin, Wu Laoshi mentioned this matter to me."

"Hmm, what?"

Gu Ning turned her head to look at Li Xuewu, frowning slightly, and asked, "The child's matter?"

"Yes, the situation is not very optimistic."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Looking at the current situation, I'm afraid we might have to raise another child."

"Oh~"

Gu Ning couldn't help but touch her own belly and said, "Then let's raise one more."

Li Shu, having been "disciplined" by her father, quieted down upon hearing her mother speak, her large eyes bright and alert.

"Come to think of it, I still have an affinity with children."

Li Xuewu lowered his head, smiled as he looked at Li Shu in his arms, and said, "I hope everything goes smoothly in the future."

Gu Ning didn't say anything more, simply gripping Li Xuewu's hand, which made her feel at ease.

Regarding Wu Shuping and the child in her womb, Gu Ning had given it some thought.

After returning from Tianjin, Li Xuewu had discussed it with her; his eldest brother, Li Xuewen, and sister-in-law, Yang Yuan, had suggested wanting to register the child under their name.

After all, they didn't know when this turmoil would end, nor how many more waves would arise in the future.

Wu Shuping and the sister-in-law were pregnant at about the same time, and their due dates were close together.

Eldest brother Li Xuewen felt that Wu Laoshi was his colleague and was also familiar with Yang Yuan, so he didn't want to add trouble to his second brother.

When Li Xuewu originally proposed "borrowing" Wu Shuping, it was already quite absurd.

Now that the child was about to be born, some problems had to be solved.

Wu Shuping's status was somewhat different from Li Xuewen's, and it was uncertain for the time being whether she could return to school to continue teaching.

Even Wu Shuping's own attitude and wishes were ambiguous, not to mention other factors.

Wu Laoshi herself could hide in the detention center or in Li Xuewu's residence in Tianjin, but the child could not be hidden.

First was the identity; out of respect for a new life and respect for Wu Laoshi, the child could not be an undocumented person, let alone have no childhood or life.

Second was life; even if they lived in Tianjin to avoid the investigation in Beijing, Wu Laoshi and the child couldn't stay indoors for years.

Population management in this era was quite strict; unless Li Xuewu made arrangements every time, the two would be unable to move a single step.

Finally, there was the future; whether the situation improved, winter turned to spring, or conditions relaxed and Wu Laoshi returned to her hometown, preparations had to be made.

According to eldest brother Li Xuewen, the child would be placed under the sister-in-law's name, just as if she had given birth to twins.

At the time, Li Xuewu didn't give his eldest brother an immediate reply, choosing instead to go home first to discuss this problem with Gu Ning.

Facing Gu Ning, Li Xuewu introduced the work situation of Wu Laoshi's husband, Lai Jiashan, in Hong Kong, and also introduced Wu Laoshi's situation in Tianjin.

Most importantly, Li Xuewu explained that he wanted to use Wu Laoshi to preside over the recycling station's future work in Tianjin.

Gu Ning had never heard Li Xuewu formally mention the recycling station's business, and this time she only heard a part of it.

It relied on the advantages of the Steel Mill's Tianjin Trade Management Center to simultaneously transfer the recycling station's trade business to Tianjin.

Li Xuewu was very bold in using people; unlike Huang Ganjian, who had relatively traditional thinking today, he dared to use anyone.

Ye Erye, who came from a banking background; Ding Wanqiu, the prodigal old gun; Xilin, who came from a background of pleasure houses; Zhang Wanhe, who came from a bandit background; Zhou Wang Yamei, the wife of an enemy...

Now he wanted to use Wu Shuping, who had a special status, including Lai Jiashan, whom he was already using.

As long as he felt he could control someone with his methods, he could use them.

Even after someone Li Kezhang Wanhe appeared, he still gave him a way out after clipping his wings.

The backgrounds and relationships of the people he controlled were truly complex, and their quality varied; white, black, tall, short—they had everything.

Those in charge were like this, not to mention those at the next level, such as Xiao Jianjun, Zhao Lao Si, Zhou Changli, and others.

The recycling station didn't sound very grand by name, but with such a long string of text, there were always some special existences.

Gu Ning knew very well that Li Xuewu was not short of money, and the family had never had any worries because of money.

This had nothing to do with spending money; even if they lived here, even if they had no worries about food and clothing and were not short of money, they didn't see the money.

Li Xuewu never "showed off his wealth" in front of her, let alone in front of the family or Qin Jingru, who spent more time with them.

Qin Jingru had been in the family for more than half a year, but Li Xuewu had never mentioned a raise.

When he said twenty yuan a month at the beginning, that was the price; the money given for groceries or pocket money on weekdays was separate.

How much money he had, or how many tentacles the small recycling station in the West Courtyard had extended, how many people it supported, and what the annual income was—Gu Ning knew none of it.

She only learned some situations from his explanations on certain problems or from a few words here and there.

Even Zhou Wang Yamei had given up her career as a psychologist to work for him; it was conceivable that the recycling station was probably no longer just "small."

Gu Ning understood Li Xuewu's meaning, but didn't give an answer immediately; it wasn't until today that she answered Li Xuewu with actual actions.

What she worried about was not whose name the child would be registered under, but that Li Xuewu used Wu Shuping, or rather, that there might be many more Wu Shupings in the future.

What impact would this have on her, on Li Xuewu, or on their lives?

Perhaps it was Li Xuewu's confidence, or the firmness in his eyes, that gave Gu Ning the confidence to face it.

Yes, it didn't matter what the child's surname was; what was important was that Li Xuewu wanted to provide timely help to Wu Laoshi.

Whether it was Hong Kong, Tianjin, or for people to see now or in the future, they had to be more proactive regarding Wu Laoshi and that child.

Therefore, this child had to be placed under her name, under Li Xuewu's name.

The name was not right, and the words were not smooth; it was Li Xuewu using people, not Li Xuewen using people.

Husband and wife were one; Gu Ning knew that while enjoying the affluence or life brought to her by these relationships behind the scenes, she had to do something for Li Xuewu.

Actually, one couldn't say Gu Ning had become worldly by following Li Xuewu; she was simple before, but now she had more calculations.

In Gu Ning's view, if human relationships also had to be described with calculations, then parental affection couldn't escape this category either.

Otherwise, why was there the saying about raising children to provide for old age?

Kindness and righteous deeds did not conflict with seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages in life's choices; in Gu Ning's mind, what Li Xuewu had done was already good enough.

Li Xuewu had never explained the situation at the time of adopting Li Shu; it was only later that her father told her.

But from the attitude of everyone in the Li family, including Li Xuewu, toward Li Shu, one couldn't see the helplessness of that time at all.

Was it that once one entered the Li family's door, one was a member of the Li family, or did he himself possess a pure and kind heart?

Otherwise, why did he have so many good friends and good brothers around him, and even Zhou Wang Yamei wanted to help him?

Behind a reasonable situation, there must be a contradiction in opposition.

At night, Gu Ning lay on the bed, feeling a bit unaccustomed, tossing and turning.

After watching Li Shu fall asleep, she asked Li Xuewu, who was leaning against the head of the bed reading a book, "Do you want to name the child?"

"Hmm, I've thought about it."

Li Xuewu responded, turned his head to look at his wife, and said, "Let's call him Li Xin."

"Li Xin..."

Gu Ning pondered it in her heart, looked at Li Xuewu speechlessly, and then muttered, "That's too casual, what if it's a girl?"

"The implication is good, a girl can also have this name~"

Li Xuewu flipped through the book in his hand and said casually, "I'm actually not very good at naming, but I know how to be flexible."

"So?"

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu with dangerous and suspicious eyes and asked, "You've already thought of the child's name?"

Registering Wu Shuping's child under her name and using the name Li Xin actually had many profound meanings.

Who was Li Xin?

An ancient famous general, a pillar of the country; naturally, it was Li Xuewu's beautiful wish and expectation for the child.

At the same time, using the character "Xin" (trust) also expressed trust in Lai Jiashan in Hong Kong, hoped for the other party's trust, and also gave Gu Ning trust.

A single character "Xin," starting from this child, connected everyone's relationship network; even if this matter was mentioned in the future, it would be a beautiful story.

But!

Gu Ning was a bit suspicious of Li Xuewu's casualness and flexibility; what names had he given their two children?

It wouldn't be something like Li Gang, Li Tie, Li Jun, Li Mei, Li Ying, or Li Li, would it!

If that were really the case, Gu Ning would dare to deprive him of his right to propose and directly ask her father-in-law, Li Shun, to name the child.

"Names~"

Li Xuewu heard Gu Ning's worry and said with a smile, "Actually, it doesn't matter; simple, elegant, and catchy is fine."

"And then?"

Gu Ning was never at ease with him; this scoundrel would occasionally have a fit, and there was nothing he wasn't capable of doing.

Seeing her anxious, Li Xuewu said seriously, "The eldest will be called Li Da, the second Li Er, the third..."

"... Are you serious?!"

Gu Ning narrowed her eyes, her words already carrying murderous intent; if Li Xuewu dared to nod, she would kick him immediately and he wouldn't sleep on the bed today.

"Just teasing you, why are you getting angry?"

Li Xuewu put down the book in his hand, hugged Gu Ning, and coaxed her, "I was prepared long ago; I deliberately went to my eldest brother's house today to ask, and they didn't expect it!"

"This is something I spent forty-nine days, reading countless classics and histories, thinking day and night to come up with."

"Not to mention penetrating the past and present, resounding through the universe, unprecedented and unrepeatable, it must be..."

As soon as Gu Ning saw him talking nonsense with a straight face, she knew he had seen through her anxiety and was deliberately fooling her.

So she didn't speak, just narrowed her eyes and watched him talk nonsense; as long as he didn't give a satisfactory answer, he wouldn't think about sleeping tonight.

"How about Li Ning? Unisex, suitable for all ages, great wealth and prosperity..."

Li Xuewu saw that Gu Ning had reached her limit of patience, so he had to give his answer.

Gu Ning heard this answer, curled her lips, and questioned, "You thought for forty-nine days? Read countless classics? Consulted the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams?"

This bastard was becoming more and more unreliable; it turned out the name he said was unprecedented and resounded through the universe was just his surname plus her name!

It wasn't that she was dissatisfied; the combination of the husband and wife's names to form the child's name had existed since ancient times and was mostly classic.

But after being fooled by Li Xuewu for so long and having her appetite whetted, he came up with this?!

"What? You're not satisfied?"

Li Xuewu explained seriously, "Forty-nine days; I thought of this name on the first day, and spent the remaining forty-eight days thinking about it, and finally felt the name was no problem, it's okay!"

"..."

This explanation was truly unique, without a single flaw; even Taishang Laojun would have to give him a thumbs up.

It was just a bit of nonsense!

At the end of last year, it thundered on December 30th; at the beginning of this year, it was windy on January 1st, and the sun was obscured by dark clouds on the 4th.

And the result?

It started to rain lightly on January 5th, and hail started to fall on the 6th—the kind of hail that could kill people!

In three days, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse; outside, there was wind and rain, and the Steel Mill was inevitably affected.

All on-duty personnel of the Security Group canceled their leave to strengthen the factory's security and inspection work, while simultaneously conveying a warning notice to the lower-level security departments.

Although one couldn't say it was a state of panic, there was a trend of being suspicious of every move; the factory leaders no longer had smiles on their faces, and the Tiger of the Security Department had an even more serious face, as if he were about to open his bloody mouth to eat someone.

With the Security Group standing out to stabilize the situation, the Propaganda Department took the initiative to strike, combining the current propaganda focus of the Steel Mill to analyze and publicize the situation.

Last Saturday, the "Red Star Interview" program didn't invite leaders for an exclusive interview, but instead chose a lathe worker from the Sixth Workshop.

Starting from the worker's perspective, they talked about production, life, safety, welfare, and their views and wishes for the current development of the Steel Mill.

Being chosen for an exclusive interview naturally meant being organized and disciplined, and being an active element and a model figure in production and life.

The speech draft wouldn't be read verbatim, but it must have been organized and standardized; at least no inappropriate words appeared in the broadcast.

The theme was closely tied to current propaganda needs, truly injecting a bit of emotional stability into the Steel Mill.

Li Huai De had been on the first episode, so he naturally paid more attention to "Red Star Interview."

After receiving positive feedback from listeners and factory employees, he became even more supportive of this project.

The propaganda front blossomed and bore fruit, and the benefit brought was that the main policies of the Steel Mill were implemented, fully understood, and resolutely executed.

The policies from above changed constantly; in Li Huai De's hands, they had to be sifted through, adding an understanding of the documents and combining them with the Steel Mill's development situation to make judgments and interpretations before they could be issued.

Therefore, they had to conform to policies, combine with reality, and not deviate from the mass base.

Over the past few days, whether it was the Office responsible for policy interpretation or the heads of various departments responsible for specific implementation, all were having a headache.

The first batch of personnel recruitment for the New Year started this Monday.

Because news spread that the Steel Mill would strictly limit recruitment standards after completing the established recruitment targets this year.

Therefore, these last few batches caused great anxiety among all employees who wanted to arrange for their children to enter the factory, or families in Beijing with connections.

On Monday morning, calls were made to Li Xuewu's office, pleading, requesting, and using connections.

Many connections he didn't know and hadn't heard of could reach him, with only one purpose: to arrange for people to enter the factory.

Li Xuewu once suspected that his reputation had been weakened, or that these people felt he was easy to bully now.

Although the recruitment of new employees has always been the responsibility of the Personnel Division, the executive leader in charge is Gu Weijie.

However, those working in the Steel Mill's organs knew very well that the overall goals, plans, and strategies for personnel recruitment were all formulated by Li Xuewu in coordination with the Personnel Department and various leaders.

In other words, the recruitment plans and rules for nearly 20,000 people in these few batches all came from Li Xuewu's hands.

Now, someone actually wanted to ask him to break the rules he had set himself to let some people into the factory.

Was this an old man eating arsenic, tired of living?

The fact that the call could reach Li Xuewu meant that other cadres responsible for personnel work had long been annoyed and besieged by calls or private requests.

For this reason, Li Xuewu specially coordinated with Deputy Director Gu to call the Personnel Department, Finance Department, Service Department, Logistics Department, and the Workers' Union to hold a special work meeting.

At the meeting, he emphasized the importance of personnel work for the future development of the Steel Mill and emphasized the discipline of personnel recruitment work.

In particular, he clearly pointed out in his speech that giving a quota didn't mean the person had entered the factory and wouldn't be going out again.

All recruited personnel had to go through the test of a temporary training and application period; unqualified personnel would not be recruited.

The Security Group's inspection department had already established a special investigation team for the recruitment situation, and those who accepted bribes or violated regulations during the recruitment process would be strictly dealt with.

Gu Weijie also specially emphasized the handling opinions for violations in her speech, conveying Director Li's attitude toward this problem.

That was, once discovered, there would be no leniency; no matter who it was, they would be directly fired, with no room for discussion.

It wasn't just recruitment work; including the subsequent training and assessment work, the Personnel Department had established special training departments and assessment departments.

The training teachers included professors from Huaqing and senior workers from the factory, but the examiners wouldn't come from these people; they were all transferred from the mountains or borrowed from other factories.

Li Xuewu got tough at the meeting and cursed, and the personnel recruitment work suddenly went much smoother.

At least there were no more pleading calls to him, and others had reasons to refuse relevant requests.

If there were really factory employees, or personnel coordinated by relevant cooperative units or higher-level departments, they would directly go through the procedures, accept assessment openly and honestly, or be arranged according to special channels.

If you have the ability, then do the same as others, accept training and assessment; if you don't have the ability but have connections, then go to the third industry and go to the workshop.

The third industry was naturally the Steel Mill's industry at this time, and it was also a relatively important personnel management space unit.

But what about the future?

Many enterprises established the third industry as a separate company, and when the timing wasn't right, they kicked it away directly.

By then, the third industry units would be full of these loafers and rascals; under the personnel freeze, no one could get out, and they would all be muddling along inside.

Li Xuewu had already considered this point when formulating the system for the Third Industry Management Office, so the Third Industry Management Office was not an administrative management department, but a coordination management department.

Each workshop was an independent department; if there were really people stuffed in by higher-ups or related units, Li Huai De couldn't stop it, and Li Xuewu couldn't stop it even more.

But establishing a packaging or loading workshop in the third industry and throwing these loafers over—if there was a day when they were troublesome, they would establish a packaging company or a loading company.

By then, in the name of cooperative acquisition, they would turn it over a few times and find a scapegoat to kick away; even if they wanted to cry, they wouldn't find the tune.

No one could force Li Xuewu to do things; if you pit him or force him, he would turn around and feed you shit.

For example, this storm, the situation changes for three consecutive days; Li Xuewu didn't believe anyone dared to stand out and cause trouble.

What Huo Ding of the Confidentiality Department said to Li Huai De last Saturday, Li Xuewu didn't care much anymore.

Even if the other party had any arrangements or conspiracies, they wouldn't dare to act under the current situation.

And after the rain cleared, or after this wind passed?

Naturally, it was his turn to make a move; otherwise, why would he arrange so many people in the Third Guard Regiment!

Even if it was Li Huai De, if he really wanted to eat a piece of fat meat in this case, looking back, this piece of meat would definitely bring Li Xuewu double or even more feedback.

The more this case involved, the greater the relationship; it was no longer in a state that Li Xuewu could eat directly; eating it would cause a stomachache.

Let the Discipline Inspection eat, let the Branch Bureau eat, let Li Huai De eat, and even let Cheng Kaiyuan eat, just don't let the Confidentiality Department eat.

If these people from Discipline Inspection ate, they had to exchange certain resources for him; if the Confidentiality Department ate, it would really be eaten into their stomachs—did they think Li Xuewu was a fool?

At four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, Li Xuewu, along with Production Management Group Leader Kuang Yusheng, Economic Management Group Dispatch Deputy Leader Bi Yuding, and Logistics Group Service Deputy Leader Xie Tingzhi, investigated and researched several workshops of the Steel Mill.

It was mainly because a new steel mill would be built in Steel City this year, with a new factory area, new equipment, and new processes.

It was expected to complete the construction of the new factory area within three years, and after the production and operation were stable three years later, the Beijing Steel Mill would stop operation.

The focus of the current investigation and research was the new factory area's equipment and processes, safety and supporting service measures, and other application construction work.

Accompanying them were the person in charge of the new steel mill construction project department, the chief designer, and the chief engineer.

They had to fully listen to the investigation opinions of these leaders, as well as the requirements for production and management.

When investigating the parts processing workshop, Li Xuewu emphasized the supporting construction of assembly lines and mechanical processing, including safety and environmental management.

In the current industrial management system, there was no awareness of environmental management, but Li Xuewu couldn't help but emphasize it.

Some people felt that environmental protection was not important, or that the current development focus was creation and production, and environmental protection problems could be left for later.

Li Xuewu didn't agree with this point; today you owe a debt, tomorrow you have to pay interest; the interest of environmental protection was much more than the loss cost and the timely benefits obtained.

Wastewater, waste gas, dust, etc., would not only affect the living environment but also cause losses to the production environment.

Many accidents and disasters were caused by environmental protection problems; maybe nothing happened today, nothing happened tomorrow, nothing happened for ten years, but if something happened ten years later, it would be a big deal.

Managing safety had achieved results, and it was obvious that there were fewer broken fingers and fewer deaths in the workshop; environmental protection problems were harder to manage.

Because there was no precedent, and there was no immediate visual impact in a short period of time.

Kuang Yusheng questioned Li Xuewu's proposal for a three-waste treatment workshop and also raised the tension of production funds.

In his view, Li Xuewu was a perfectionist, nitpicking, and responsible to the extreme.

Especially in the process of safety management, the two often made phone calls because of fire protection and inspection, sticking seals, and issuing fines.

Although he was scolded by Li Xuewu several times, he had a deeper and more intuitive understanding of the current difficulties of the Steel Mill.

At the big meeting before the New Year, it was said that this year was a development year and a difficult year; I didn't expect it to be difficult from the beginning of the year.

Funds were reduced, budgets were stuck, and production work was really a bit tense.

When money was tight, people were tense and easily got emotional; Kuang Yusheng was also overwhelmed.

Li Xuewu also saw the attitude and opinions of everyone on the scene; although they didn't say it directly like Kuang Yusheng, they were all written on their faces.

He was in the workshop, popularizing the necessity of safe production and environmental management to everyone, directly extending to the occupational disease management system.

This was a new production system management that Li Xuewu would implement after the new steel mill was put into operation.

The generation of all hazardous waste was, to a certain extent, a dangerous influence on labor workers and the environment in the area.

The impact on labor workers could be within ten years, either disease or death; what about the next generation?

Li Xuewu pointed at everyone's nose and said that occupational diseases affected the children of employees; everyone present who formulated the future was a sinner.

Even more serious was that it affected workers for one generation and affected the production environment for generations to come.

The truth was very simple: today you buy economy with health, tomorrow you can't buy back health with economy; health is not equal to dedication and sacrifice.

Dedication and sacrifice had value, while artificially creating problems and creating sacrifice was a crime!

Everyone on the scene, including all leaders and cadres including Kuang Yusheng, was shocked by Li Xuewu's words.

The ones who felt this care and attention most directly were the workers in the workshop who heard his speech.

The production section cadres receiving the investigation didn't dare to speak, but the workshop director dared to speak.

The factory wanted to develop and had difficulties; employees were naturally willing to struggle with the factory and create success together.

But taking the physical health of labor employees as a condition, he, as the workshop director, was the first to disagree.

Although the workers didn't speak, their genuine eyes and the approval and respect toward Li Xuewu couldn't be hidden.

Therefore, according to the construction standards and plans formulated earlier, science, safety, and environmental protection were all retained.

During the investigation, Li Xuewu specially spot-checked safety management problems, asked the workshop director about fire protection and safe production, checked fire extinguishers on the spot, and looked at production procedures and standardized operations.

In his conversation with Kuang Yusheng, he specially emphasized that safe production must be executed consistently; the safety management of the new steel mill would only be stricter than here, not backward.

This was not just a production and management problem, but also included personnel problems.

Three years later, when the new factory construction was completed and the trial operation ended, whether the workers here met the new factory labor standards all depended on Kuang Yusheng's management.

On a deeper level, the Steel Mill was facing an enterprise group transformation in the future; by then, the Steel Mill would naturally have to become a departmental unit as a separate factory.

If Kuang Yusheng wanted to have a position in the future collective structure, he must achieve results in his work and have an organizational status among workers.

With thousands of positions in the Beijing Steel Mill project, if they couldn't get the Steel City Steel Mill position, he would have to take the blame by then.

So, the new factory construction didn't mean the Beijing factory wouldn't progress or develop; it needed a sense of urgency and a learning rhythm.

Today's investigation was the first large-scale investigation work organized by Li Xuewu since he took over the position of Deputy Director of the Management Committee Office and was responsible for coordination and organization work.

Including Kuang Yusheng, all accompanying persons in charge followed him to the site and meetings in the capacity of accompanying.

Don't look at Kuang Yusheng as a group leader level, a positive division level; in front of Li Xuewu, he still had to listen to requirements and coordination.

The workshop employees also saw Li Xuewu's status in the Steel Mill's management structure for the first time.

Below the factory leaders, above all management levels.

There were even rumors in the organs that Li Xuewu had more actual power than other factory leaders.

Coordination and organization were entrusted by Director Li and commissioned by the Management Committee to work on the factory's economic and production work.

Although he didn't directly manage like several deputy directors, just a coordination infinitely magnified Li Xuewu's power.

People in the factory organs were saying that the fact that they hadn't discovered Deputy Director Li's job change didn't mean the non-existence of this power, but rather Deputy Director Li's caution and seriousness.

Comparing separately, maybe Deputy Director Cheng, who was responsible for production work, didn't manage as much as Deputy Director Li of the Office.

But Deputy Director Li never showed an overbearing or aggressive side; more of it was achieving the true meaning of coordination and organization.

Deputy Director Li was not from a production management background, nor from an economic management background; he hadn't done financial work, nor had he done personnel work.

But he could grasp the pros and cons in specific work, be down-to-earth, take labor workers as the foundation, take scientific development as the standard, take common progress as the goal, and explain the Steel Mill's development needs in plain language.

Most basically, workers could understand what he was saying and what he was requiring, and even more, they knew what effect his requirements would achieve.

Cadres could also understand what the policies and systems he formulated were regulating and what they were guiding them to do.

Li Huai De once said to several other deputy directors in a small-scale meeting that Li Xuewu's talent made him anxious, and he didn't know how to use it.

Some people were suitable for personnel work, some for production work, and some for financial work.

And Li Xuewu? He was fine wherever he was placed, achieved results wherever he was placed, and it felt a pity wherever he was placed!

This was naturally spread in a small range, but Li Xuewu was afraid of this sentence.

Therefore, today he had to take these people to see production, see the workshop, and see the site.

Not for anything else, just because he felt Deputy Director Cheng had been a bit depressed recently, and the things he did behind the scenes were always not seeing the light—how could that work?

If he didn't act, Li Huai De would act recklessly; he couldn't just create something out of thin air for Old Li by then.

The situation was relatively complex, and Li Xuewu didn't dare to act rashly, so he felt Deputy Director Cheng was easier to bully.

"Why is there a problem with production?"

Cheng Kaiyuan sat behind the office desk, looking at Kuang Yusheng opposite with a gloomy face.

Some people said that Deputy Director Cheng's orders hadn't left the office before they became invalid.

From the attitude of Production Group Leader Kuang Yusheng toward him, it wasn't hard to see that Deputy Director Cheng's working environment in the Steel Mill was truly not easy.

"It's not just production that has problems."

Kuang Yusheng's tone of answering was a bit dull; unlike Cheng Kaiyuan, who was frowning, he was more thoughtful and worried.

"Safety and service also have new requirements, especially personnel training and assessment work; today's inspection exposed many problems."

"Problems~"

Cheng Kaiyuan swept him a cold look, picked up a cigarette box from the office desk, took one out, lit it for himself, and threw the cigarette box away without offering a cigarette.

"Where are there problems, where are there no problems? I just want to ask, why is there a problem with production?"

"..."

Kuang Yusheng raised his head and looked opposite, noticing that Deputy Director Cheng's attitude was wrong, and kept silent at the right time.

Say more, make more mistakes; say less, make fewer mistakes; don't say, don't make mistakes; not bad, not bad.

He had no opinion on Deputy Director Cheng himself, just different opinions on his "rebellion" in the Steel Mill's overall development plan.

The other party was obviously trying to use this point to make things difficult for him, and was also expressing dissatisfaction.

However, the organizational personnel appointment at the level of Production Group Leader wasn't decided by Cheng Kaiyuan alone.

Not only did it depend on his achievements in his own work, but Kuang Yusheng also had Li Xuewu's support.

What Li Xuewu's support represented didn't need to be detailed; it was the kind where he could treat Cheng Kaiyuan's words as farts without any problem.

A leader is a leader, especially the executive leader in charge; one must accord them full respect.

As for what the other party had done to him and production work before, the organization naturally had a conclusion; it wasn't something he could decide alone.

Therefore, whatever Cheng Kaiyuan wanted to say and whatever attitude he wanted to express, he just listened.

As long as he didn't curse at him, everything could pass lightly.

Cheng Kaiyuan obviously saw this point too; Kuang Yusheng didn't speak, and the two had no communication, so what was there to talk about.

"Put the materials here first; go back and think about my opinions carefully."

Cheng Kaiyuan put the documents on the office desk aside and said to Kuang Yusheng, "You are an old comrade in charge of production work, the main person in charge; you must have your own attitude and cognition."

He took a puff of his cigarette, raised his hand to tap the management plan lightly, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Management is not coordination; if something happens, you have to take responsibility!"

After speaking, he waved his hand impatiently, signaling that he could leave.

But when Kuang Yusheng was about to stand up, he said as if unintentionally, "The Dongcheng Industrial and Trade Joint Operation Factory lacks a deputy factory director; someone told me they wanted an experienced old comrade."

Cheng Kaiyuan finished this sentence, looked at the somewhat surprised Kuang Yusheng, and asked, "Do you have any thoughts?"

"No~"

Kuang Yusheng stood up straight, his eyes carrying a bit of disdain, and said, "I've dedicated my whole life to the Steel Mill; it's better to die here."

"Hmm, got it, go."

Cheng Kaiyuan was truly impatient this time; he didn't want to listen to his heroic words or inner emotions, and waved his hand to signal him to leave quickly.

After Kuang Yusheng left, when the secretary came in, he curled his lips with gloomy eyes and said, "Don't know what's good for you."

The secretary didn't know what had happened, why the leader was so angry.

However, he had met Group Leader Kuang just when he came in, and the other party had even cursed "Fuck your mother, old comrade"; what was going on?

Actually, nothing much; one thought the other was old and in the way; the other thought the other was useless and talked too much nonsense; they looked at each other with mutual dislike, and couldn't agree on half a sentence.

Near the end of work, Jing Yunong also looked for Li Xuewu and asked about the investigation in the afternoon.

Li Xuewu was also busy, said a few words to her, and then had to go upstairs to return to the office to continue working; Yu Decai was still waiting for him to report.

Jing Yunong pulled him and started talking about going to the automobile factory for investigation and research this week, and also meeting the foreign trade delegation made at the Yangcheng Trade Fair.

Li Xuewu had a headache; he had been busy since Monday, busy until now and still couldn't finish, and there was still a pile of work.

"Then go to the automobile factory on Friday, meet the foreign businessmen on Saturday; it's just at the International Hotel, prepare a dinner party in the evening to entertain them."

"Who will arrange the foreign businessmen?"

Jing Yunong raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "I'll coordinate the automobile factory side; personnel, finance, and technology all have to go, and we have to hold a meeting."

"Oh, by the way."

She emphasized, "The merger work might change; the Ministry gave conditions, and the Beijing Automobile Factory and the Second Automobile Factory seem to be interested in this project too."

"Then give it all to them, we don't want anything."

Li Xuewu said amusingly, "Why would anyone fight over those pieces of junk? What are we trying to get?"

"Don't get carried away!"

Jing Yunong glanced at him and reminded, "Our factory's automobile factory hasn't been built yet; others have already realized production, and the technology and reserves are there; aren't you tempted?"

"That depends on how you look at it!"

Li Xuewu knew Jing Yunong didn't want to let him go, and couldn't go back to the opposite side before getting off work, so he could only stand still and say, "Compared to a pile of personnel and economic problems, technology reserves can have other sources or solutions; it's not worth it."

"No way, the Ministry's opinion."

Jing Yunong spread her hands and said, "Especially since you gave such profound suggestions to the leaders last time, they always have to do something."

"..."

Li Xuewu muttered a few words without making a sound, making Jing Yunong's eyebrows jump.

She knew he was cursing, glared at him, and told him to endure if he could, and not to talk nonsense.

Li Xuewu tapped his watch and said, "Then go over on Friday and see; anyway, it's all cleaning up a mess; if they really stir up some treasure, don't let them fight."

"As for the International Hotel side."

He glanced at the direction of the Office again and said to Jing Yunong, "I'll ask the Foreign Affairs Office to be responsible; you and Director Li remember to make time; it doesn't look good if we don't show up this time."

"Then let's do it this way, act separately."

Jing Yunong looked Li Xuewu up and down, looked at his murderous face, pursed her lips, pointed at him with her finger to remind him, and then returned to the office.

Li Xue stood on the side, heard their conversation, and seeing the leader leave, she also learned from Deputy Director Jing, pointed at her second brother, and made a reminder gesture with winking eyes, which made Li Xuewu almost chase after her and give her a flick on the forehead!

Just after going downstairs, Kuang Yusheng chased from behind, curled his lips and muttered a few words softly; what Li Xuewu heard were all cursing words.

Before he could laugh out loud, Kuang Yusheng pointed upstairs again, telling Li Xuewu that he had just heard that news came from Steel City that the automobile manufacturing equipment purchased from other countries had arrived at the port and was being transferred to Steel City.

Li Xuewu let out a long sigh of relief, smiled and stepped down the steps, and said to Kuang Yusheng, "Finally heard some good news."

Just after saying this, Peng Xiaoli walked in hurriedly from outside, leaned to Li Xuewu's side, and reported softly, "There's a call from your home, saying... she gave birth."

"Who gave birth?!" ===== CHAPTER 990 =====